The Kremlin seeks to present its energy infrastructure project as a done deal, a fait accompli that sanctions are powerless to halt. None of that is true.
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Benjamin Schmitt: Exposing Nord Stream 2 spin
(FILES) This file photo taken on Sept. 7, 2020 shows a road sign directing traffic towards the Nord Stream 2 gas line landfall facility entrance in Lubmin, north eastern Germany. The Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline was officially completed on the morning of Sept. 10, according to the official Telegram channel of Russia’s state-owned gas giant Gazprom.